I've been to the British Museum today. Just checking out the history of the whole human race at a place where infinity goes up on trial. Power and greed and corruptible seed. Lusty old mules with poisoned brains. Masters of war. Freewheelin’ human nature through thousands of year - and yes, even before England and … Continue reading “Yonder Stands Your Orphan With His Gun, Crying Like A Fire In The Sun” – Bob Dylan in Royal Albert Hall, London, 13th of November 2024

“My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.” (Fernando Pessoa) "My mind weaves a symphony/ And tapestry of rhyme" (If Dogs Run Free, Bob Dylan) When I last saw Bob Dylan in London, … Continue reading “Leave Your Stepping Stones Behind, Something Calls For You” – Bob Dylan in Royal Albert Hall, London, 12th of November 2024

"Well, I try my bestTo be just like I amBut everybody wants youTo be just like them" (Maggie's Farm, 1965)"I do what I think is right - what I think is best" (Key West, 2020)I'm traveling light, and I'm slow coming home. (Mother of Muses, 2020) Bob Dylan always was his own man, like every … Continue reading “I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You” – Bob Dylan in Paris, 25th of October, 2024.

“There must be some way out of here,” said the joker to the thief“There’s too much confusion, I can’t get no reliefBusinessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earthNone of them along the line know what any of it is worth” I first saw Bob Dylan live in 1984, forty years ago, and it … Continue reading “Come gather round friends, and I’ll tell you a tale: Storyteller in Action!” – Bob Dylan in Paris, 24th of October 2024

"Don't you remember? I told you long ago!" (Bob Dylan in Chicago, 1974, "Hero Blues")"It's good to be back! It's an honor to be here!" (Bob Dylan in Madison Square Garden, New York, January 30th, 1974, Disc 17 of 27)"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."(Søren Kierkegaard) When Bob Dylan … Continue reading Power, Pride & Joy! – Bob Dylan and The Band – The 1974 Live Recordings, 2024

Another year went by, so fast, the tempo of those years is really accelerating, Christmas and New Year always the time for afterthought and hindsight - some possibilities used, other went by too fast, unused. And then there is this new year in a world still consisting too much darkness. Looking back in my blog … Continue reading Another year gone by, and Bob Dylan is still out there, singing for us. About Bob Dylan in 2023.

My story is like this - listening to Bob Dylan's "Desire" in 1976, I was 14 years old - a life-changing experience I'll never forget, it became the foundation of a deep and everlasting relationship to Bob Dylan's music, next step was being overwhelmed by "Street Legal" in 1978. Then, visiting a friend in 1979, … Continue reading “Big in Japan!” – Bob Dylan, “The Complete Budokan 1978”, Sony Music, 2023 – A review

I'm in lack of superlatives. After following each step of Sierra on YouTube the last years, listening to her phenomenal debut album times and times again, last night in Oslo, my expectations couldn't have been higher when I for the first time was able to see her live - still, the force-of-nature Sierra Ferrell overwhelmed … Continue reading Sierra Ferrell – A Force of Nature, Oslo, John Dee, 21.8.2023